Åland legislative election, 1999

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Åland held legislative elections on 17 October 1999. It elected the diet (Lagtinget), which has 30 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. It was the first election contested by the Åland Centre in which it did not become the largest party, narrowly losing out to the Liberals for Åland.

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Summary of the 17 October 1999 Parliament of Åland **election results**
Parties	1999	+/-	1999	+/-	1999	+/-
Parties	Votes		%		Seats
Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland)	3,463	+482	28.7	+2.1	9	+1
Åland Centre (Ålands Center)	3,292	+174	27.3	-0.5	9	0
Freeminded Co-operation (Frisinnad Samverkan)	1,750	-560	14.5	-6.1	4	-2
Non-aligned Rally (Obunden Samling)	1,537	+433	12.8	+3.0	4	+1
Åland Social Democrats (Ålands Socialdemokrater)	1,427	-284	11.8	-3.4	3	-1
Åland Progress Group (Ålands Framstegsgrupp)	580	-	4.8	-	1	+1
Total (Turnout 65.9 %)	12,328				30
Source: Val.aland.fi

The Åland Progress Group was formed during the 1995 - 1999 session of the Lagting by a member of the Lagting who until that point had been a member of Freeminded Co-operation. The numbers above are compared to the 1995 election.